Community Benefit
The federal government is treating extreme heat as an economic and public health concern.
The company is already engaged with multiple home health and hospital-at-home organizations that have expressed interest.
Proposed regulation violates a federal law that prohibits giving public benefits to illegal immigrants, complaint says.
Only 14% of workers have access to such a benefit despite more than half saying it's important for employers to provide coverage.
Seed funding will also be given to support the creation of the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, a new medical school in New Orleans.
The grant program will address post-pandemic stress and distress among youth 5 to 18 years old.
The initiative is focusing first on extreme heat events to provide timely excessive heat alerts and tailored outreach to at-risk patients.
The grants will go to organizations combating the nation's mental health and overdose crises, and many will focus on children.
The new centers will be located next to Walmart stores in clinical office space that was formerly occupied by Walmart Health.
The impact fund will focus on specific geographies in which health disparities are significant and partner with local nonprofits.